| 单词 | the tiptoe |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe tiptoe b. transferred and figurative: cf. A. 1b (Often the tiptoe.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [noun] > quality or fact of being extreme > highest, utmost, or extreme degree heightOE perfectiona1398 utterestc1410 uttermosta1425 tiptoec1440 pinnaclec1450 utmost1472 outmostc1535 extremity1543 abyss1548 top1552 furthest, utmost stretch1558 summa summarum1567 superlative1573 strain1576 extreme1595 fine1596 last1602 yondmost1608 super-superlative1623 pitch1624 utmostness1674 pink1720 supreme1817 ultima Thule1828 peak1902 c1440 Pallad. on Husb. xi. 46 And right so on the typto [v.r. tiptoo] lete hem [vines] gey. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. Hv Your eyes should sparkle ioy, Your bosome rise on tiptoe at this news. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 29 What with putting his fancy to the tiptoe in this description of himselfe. 1799 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) III. 374 We are on the tip-toe of expectation. 1860 F. Nightingale Notes on Nursing (rev. ed.) iv. 72 Do not keep his expectation on the tip-toe. < as lemmas |
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